Impact of a major meteor storm on Earth's ionosphere: A modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A6, 2001, Pages 10447-10465

  McNeil, William J ^a   Dressler, Rainer A ^b   Murad, Edmond ^b  

^a Radex Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449114283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000381     Document Type: Article

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